Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
Grecians
Hebrews
Bible References
When
Acts 6:7
So God's Message spread, and the number of the disciples continued to increase rapidly in Jerusalem, and a large body of the priests accepted the Faith.
Acts 2:41
So those who accepted his teaching were baptized, and about three thousand people joined the disciples on that day alone.
Acts 4:4
Many, however, of those who had heard the Apostles' Message became believers in Christ, the number of the men alone amounting to about five thousand.
Acts 5:14
And still larger numbers, both of men and women, as they became believers in the Lord, were added to their number.
There
1 Corinthians 10:10
And do not murmur, as some of them murmured, and so 'were destroyed by the Angel of Death.'
Hebrews 13:1
Let your love for the Brethren continue. :24 Give our greeting to all your Leaders, and to all Christ's People. Our friends from Italy send their greetings to you.
James 4:5
Do you suppose there is no meaning in the passage of Scripture which asks--'Is envy to result from the longings of the Spirit which God has implanted within you?'
James 5:9
Do not make complaints against one another, Brothers, or judgment will be passed upon you. The Judge is already standing at the door!
Grecians
Acts 9:29
Talking and arguing with the Jews of foreign birth, who, however, made attempts to kill him.
Acts 11:20
Some of them, however, who were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, on coming to Antioch, addressed themselves also to the Jews of foreign birth, telling them the Good News about that Lord Jesus.
Hebrews
2 Corinthians 11:22
Are they Hebrews? So am I! Are they Israelites? So am I! Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I!
Philippians 3:5
I was circumcised when eight days old; I am an Israelite by race, and of the tribe of Benjamin; I am a Hebrew, and the child of Hebrews. As to the Law, I was a Pharisee;
Their
Acts 9:39
Peter returned with them at once. On his arrival, he was taken upstairs, and all the widows came round him in tears, showing the coats and other clothing which Dorcas had made while she was among them.
Matthew 23:14
Alas for you, Teachers of the Law and Pharisees, hypocrites that you are! You destroy widow's houses, even while pretending to make long prayers; therefore you shall receive greater condemnation.
1 Timothy 5:4
but, if a widow has children or grand-children, let them learn to show proper regard for the members of their own family first, and to make some return to their parents; for that is pleasing in God's sight.
James 1:27
That religious observance which is pure and spotless in the eyes of God our Father is this--to visit orphans and widows in their trouble, and to keep oneself uncontaminated by the world.